NSR promotes world healing by broadcasting inspirational and educational voices of peace and social justice using the language of personal story, music, and spirituality.
Co-host Peterson Toscano steps behind the microphone from his home in South Africa for an American Indigenous-themed episode exploring kinship, cultural survival, and escaping systems of extraction. In the first half, listeners hear an immersive Sound Slice from the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania's annual gathering, followed by an excerpt from the upcoming Season Five of the Climate Changed podcast.
Today we have Lincoln Rice, coordinator for the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, with us, updating us on what is happening in the world of war tax resistance, and about the November 6-8, 2026 NWTRCC meeting in Las Vegas. Lincoln can share on the trends, the methods used, the changes in the law, and the news of the growing community of conscientious objectors to paying for war. Lincoln Rice joins us from Milwaukee, WI.
Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Catholic, Catholic Worker
Our guest is Ali Horriyat and he's an amazing human being. Ali grew up in Dubai, had loads of education in Europe, eventually obtaining 3 Masters degrees, made a huge fortune in Canada, then gave it away to reboot his life, free from a wealth addiction, and also free to direct his energy to the true betterment of the world. Ali created Compassiviste, a mutual-support organization of creative compassionate activists doing wonderful work. Ali Horriyat joins us from Dubai in the Middle East.
Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Muslim, Catholic, Jewish, Buddhism
The Twin Cities of Minnesota is a treasure trove of great music, and Jeff Narlock is one of the gems in that trove. Jeff had a kind of 'musical conversion' experience when he first heard Nickel Creek, the progressive bluegrass trio, perform, and it became a clarion call to new music path. The road led Jeff to years performing as part of a trio called North Ridge, though the group's members recently went separate ways.
Yata has been a decades-long feature of the music scene in the Chippewa Valley region of Wisconsin, and an inveterate collaborator with so very many musicians of the area, enhancing his own songwriting, guitar, and wonderful singing skills with all kinds of instruments and harmonies.
I love the music of today's guest, Roger Street Friedman, someone I just discovered a few weeks ago. I've seen descriptions of his music as being of the Roots Rock, Folk, Blues, R&B, Rock and Roll, and Country genres, but mostly I feel that hearing Roger is like being with a dear long-time friend, one who knows the words and notes that strum the chords of your heart. There's Earth and sky and waterfalls and campfires in this music, so I think you'll want to make it daily part of what feeds your soul. Though Roger started into music in his teens, life's vicissitudes led to a 25-year hiatus before he came back to that life of song.
In this month’s Citizens’ Climate Radio episode, host Peterson Toscano and the CCR teams introduce a fresh approach to climate change storytelling by exploring personal stories as metaphors. While these stories are not explicitly about climate change, they reveal truths and perspectives that resonate with our climate work. Join us to discover how personal narratives can enhance and diversify our stories about climate change. You will also learn expert storytelling tips to apply when telling stories about climate change.
In this episode of Citizens’ Climate Radio, hosts Horace Mo and Erica Valdez bring together diverse voices to discuss current efforts to address climate change. Horace Mo speaks with Ann E. Burg, a celebrated author known for compelling historical novels for young readers, about her newly published novel, “Force of Nature–A Novel of Rachel Carson,“ which opens a new door for readers to experience the life of Carson, a well-known environmental pioneer in the U.S., by reading her field notes and Ann’s innovative writing.
In this month’s Citizens’ Climate Radio episode, Rob Hopkins, one of the founders of the Transition Town movement, shows us how playful imagination can lead to real-world solutions, and you will discover how a life-sized whale made of plastic bags brought a community together to pass groundbreaking legislation. Artist Carrie Ziegler shares her extraordinary project that mobilized hundreds of schoolchildren to make a powerful statement about plastic pollution. In the Nerd Corner, Dana Nuccitelli tackles the big question: is a carbon price still effective in a post-Inflation Reduction Act world?
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